Walter Sutcliffe, Stage Director
Walter Sutcliffe has directed critically acclaimed productions in both theatre and opera, working in the UK, USA, Germany, Austria, Estonia and the Czech Republic. Recent opera work includes Benjamin Britten's Owen Wingrave (Oper Frankfurt, nominationed for Best Set, Best Costume, Best Male Performer Opernwelt 2010) and Albert Herring (Landestheater Linz), Cosi fan Tutte (Estonian National Opera, winner Best Design, Best Female Performer Estonian Theatre Awards 2009), Tippett's The Knot Garden (Klangbogen Festival, Vienna), and Janacek's Sarka (Dicapo Opera New York). Theatre productions include Strindberg's The Great Highway (Gate Theatre, London), Fry's The Lady's not for Burning (Finborough Theatre, London) and The Soldier's Tale (BAC, London)
Forthcoming work includes returns to Frankfurt (Reimann's Gespenstersonate) and Estonia (Carmen) and a new production of Werther for Magdeburg Opera
In addition Walter has been revival director for productions at the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera (both Il Trovatore) and Covent Garden (Siegfried and Götterdämmerung). He has also directed productions for students of London's Royal College of Music and Rose Bruford College
Walter has translated plays and libretti from both French and German into English. He has received scholarships from the Austrian Cultural Forum and the Italian Cultural Institute. He was born in London in 1976 and studied at the Royal College of Music and Cambridge University.
